We need to tell Our Story

Good Afternoon! I know this is beyond late blog post but I wanted to give an update on my life. I recently took another job, as many of you know I work for ABS Global/ Powerline Genetics as the Social Media Coordinator. I recently took a second job with Power Genetics as the media coordinator. I have been busy lately with my second job addition, school starting, county fair and just life in general.

            I am actually on the way home from Wichita, KS from Power Genetics 18th Annual meeting. There is a lot I picked up on in the last twenty-four hours.  There is over 7.125 billion people in the world. My passion is agriculture, and I absolutely love the beef industry. Anyone who knows me knows that I am crazily involved in the Show industry, but what you may not know is that I know I only have so much eligibility left in the Junior Shows. So what have I done about that? I’ve started expanding my cow herd. In March I took out a loan to buy 14 more cow/calf pairs. This expanded my cowherd to 21 head. I have a partner in my three Donor cows and worked on using some of my family’s open cows into donors. Anyway to feed the world we need to all work together to tell our story. Beef is the largest industry in Nebraska, and many people even in Kearney don’t know where there food comes from.

            I love the Nebraska State Fair, as many “show” people would say they hate the city people, I love them. I love being able to let them pet my calf, talking to them about the beef industry, what the calf’s name is, how much it weighs, how old it is, and of course how good beef is. I’m excited for this upcoming State Fair but I wanted to tell you all a little story from last Nebraska State Fair. Last Year I was fortunate enough to exhibit the Overall Grand Champion FFA Market Animal at the 2014 Nebraska State Fair, my steer was a 1,345 lb. calf named “Jagger”. He was a Charolais Cross he was white. After I won I was sent to exhibit my steer in “Champion Row” and my favorite part of it was, when I was getting ready to go lead Jagger through the Parade of Champions a city folk walked up to my pen and said this is the Grand Champion? I answered yes it is.  He asked so, it’s white.. Does that mean it has red eyes and it is going extinct? I answered, No he is not going extinct. He is a Charolais Steer, and his eyes are not red. I told the man about the American Charolais Association and Junior Nationals. I told him that Jagger is not here to show, he’s here for so much more. I don’t just show animals, I show animals to educate consumers and have that animal at the end of his life be an incredible end product.

Visit the American Charolais Association here to learn more about the history of the breed 
 http://www.charolaisusa.com/history.html

Quote: I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we're all teachers - if we're willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle